Carrier for bottles.



W. WADSWORTH.

CARRIER FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.27, 1911.

1,013,705. Patented Jan.2, 1912.

Attorneys a QFIQ,

WILLIAM WADSWOBTH, 0F WICI-IITA, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CARRIER ron BOTTLES.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

Application filed February 27, 1911. Serial No. 611,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM IVADswoRTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at l/Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Carrier for Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved carrierfor milk bottles and the like, the same being of that type designed forapplication to the neck of the bottle and having a carrying handleextending above the bottle.

One aim of the present invent-ion is to so construct a carrier of thistype that it may bereadily applied to and disconnected from any ordinarymilk bottle and, when applied, will not be liable to accidentaldisengagement. It has been proposed to embody, in the construction ofcarriers of this type open rings which are arranged to be closed aboutthe neck of the bottle to be carried and the closing means has usuallyconsisted of a hooked member pivoted to one end of the open ring andengageable at its hooked end wit-h the other end of the ring. Such ringshave however been non-resilient and the hooks of the closing members areliable to become disengaged thereby allowing the bottle to drop whilebeing carried.

The present invention therefore contemplates the provision of aresilient open ring for this purpose designed to be closed about theneck and below the bead of the bottle by a member held firmly againstaccidental disengagement, by the resiliency of the ring and its tendencyto expand, said member forming a closing member for said open ring andwhen engaging the neck being a continuation of said ring.

The invention further contemplates the construction of the member so asto positively prevent disengagement of its hooked end from the ring.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a view in front elevation ofa carrier constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is side elevation of the device removedfrom the bottle. Fig. 4 is a view showing the device in condition priorto the closing of the ring thereof.

In the drawings, the bottle neck engaging ring of the device isillustrated as formed from a strand of wire bent at one terminal to forman eye 5 and at its other terminal to form an eye 6. The wire is bowedto form an open ring and partly embrace the neck of the bottle to becarried. The open ring, furthermore, has a normal tendency towardexpansion and as a con sequence normally assumes a form such as shown inFig. 4 of the drawings. Means are provided, as before stated, forclosing the open ring about the neck of a bottle to be carried, butbefore describing this closing means, further description of the openring and its supporting means will be given. The wire from which theopen ring is formed, adjacent the eyes 5 and 6, is twisted to formupstanding arms 7 having eyes at their upper ends. The looped eyes 5 and6 are twisted close to the body of the ring to maintain the ring at acontinuous length, thus not interferring with the resiliency of saidring. The lower ends of the arms 8 of a carrying bail are pivoted inthese eyes and the connecting portion of the bail has fitted thereon ahandle 9. The closing member for the ring is also formed from resilientwire coiled at one end as at 10 and having its coils engaging the eye 5whereby the member will be pivot-ally supported from this eye. From thecoil 10, the member has extending an arm 11 having its outer end hookedas at 12 and formed, in turn, with a laterally projecting hook 13. Anarm 14 also extends from the coils 10 and normally extends at an angleto the arm 11. In closing the ring by means of the said member, thelatter is so positioned as to partly embrace the neck of the bottle tobe carried and about which the ring has been previously engaged, and thehooked end 12 of the arm 11 is then inserted through the eye 6 of theopen ring. In order to accomplish this, the open ring must be contractedas far as possible, against its resiliency. The arm 14 is then snappedinto the hook 13 and the device is then ready to be grasped for thepurpose of carrying the bottle. It will be understood that while the arm14 has been provided, the engagement of the hook 12 in the eye 6 serveseffectually as a means for holding the closing member against accidentaldisengagement from the open ring. It will thus be seen that the closingmember which is carried by one of the eyed terminals of the open ringforms a continuation of the open ring when engaging the other terminalof the open ring to hold the open ring in engagement with the neck ofthe bottle, the said closing member also engaging the bottle necksimilar to the remaining portion of the open ring.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, an open,resilient ring, having a normal tendency to expand, the ring beingprovided with terminal eyes, and being bent to form a pair of oppositelydisposed loops, all portions of which stand at right angles to the planeof the ring, the loops being twisted close to the ring to maintain thering at a continuous length; and a closing member forming a continuationof the ring, the closing member having a coil at one end engaged in oneeye, there being a pair of arms extended from the coil, one arm having aprojecting portion engaged through the other eye and provided with ahook, the other arm being engaged with the hook; and a bail pivoted inthe loops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WADSWORT'H. l/Vitnesses:

W. S. SHAW, J. WV. PROTHERO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

